• grue@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Yep, in combination with “vagrancy” laws.

        Here’s how the scheme worked:

        1. Refuse to hire blacks for anything more than “might as well still be slavery” wages.

        2. Arrest unemployed blacks for “vagrancy.”

        3. Re-enslave them (see “except as punishment for crime” clause of the 14th Amendment) and disenfranchise them as a bonus.

        Edit: BTW, I highly recommend this video, which is where I learned about this (because it sure as Hell wasn’t properly taught in my Georgia high school).

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      Yeah, it varys from pretty fucked up to unreasonably fucked up depending on the state. Some states, you’re not able to vote while serving your term. In other states, you lose your right to vote for life.